Mrs. Bush to Teresa Heinz Kerry: Don't Wear Blue

[Khephra]

BURBANK, Calif. (Reuters) - Appearing once again on the late-night TV circuit, Laura Bush had an important message for Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of her husband's political foe -- the first lady will be wearing blue when they next meet.

Recalling the big fashion faux pas of last week's presidential debate, when she and Mrs. Kerry both wore white, Mrs. Bush told Jay Leno during her guest spot on NBC's ``The Tonight Show'' that she and Mrs. Kerry probably have ``a lot in common.''

``We even chose to wear the same color suits (at last Thursday's debate),'' she said. ``So now I just want to announce today that I'll be wearing a blue suit Friday night.''

She added of Sen. John Kerry's spouse: ``I really do feel like we're members of a club. We're the only ones who know how it feels to have a husband running for president in 2004. I'm sure we have a lot to talk about.''

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-campaign-firstlady.html?oref=login

[wtmusic]

1. Don't tell her what to wear, biach

Da noiv! Don't run into any cars on the way to the debate!

[Josh]

18. Is Cheney grabbing Edwards' ass in that photo?

Just wondering...

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

19. more like picking his pocket

anything for the filthy lucre!

[Catherine Vincent]

63. If he is, Edwards is smiling about it. LOL!

[Jack from Charlotte]

My advice to pickles. "Don't kill people with your car."

[KansDem]

59. Yeah, "Don't drive while your former boyfriend is on the road...

...and in the general vicinity."
;)

[bushisanidiot]

67. omigod! I need to wipe the diet coke off my monitor

..

[Daktari]

98. is that for Bush or Kennedy? nt

[anarchy1999]

74. So this qualifies as Latest Breaking and garners 70+ posts.

DU is deterioating. Infotainment is what we all love best, right?

Who here really cares what Laura has to say about what to wear on Friday? I sure as hell do not.

[ScreamingMeemie]

100. Says you.

Relax. It's a freaking message board. :hi:

[Name removed]

93. Deleted message

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[DS1]

2. on another note, I thought you weren't supposed to wear white after labor

day?

[Lindacooks]

5. No white shoes after labor day -

white clothing is fine.

[DS1]

6. oooh, okay

:-)

[cleofus1]

33. there are exeptions...

you can wear white shoes if you are in the navy or in a marching band...

[peterh]

65. And if you’re a republican….

That still has a Seersucker ready to wear…..


…..gives me the friggin’ willies…..

[MADem]

49. That's OLD school....

...the fashionistas call anything that is white after Labor Day "Winter White" and that makes it OK. So you can toss on your white boots, white wool coat, and (faux) white fur hat and not be breaking any fashion laws...or so my fashion-savvy friends tell me.

[punpirate]

3. Let's hope Ms. Heinz-Kerry talks to...

... the Stepford wife in one of the many languages she doesn't understand.... :)

[JI7]

4. what if Teresa wants to talk about mothers whose kids have died in war

[luaneryder]

25. That's exactly what TK should bring up

[pacalo]

7. Laura Bush telling Teresa Kerry what to do? Uh-oh.

She really put the pin in the party hog with that one. I wouldn't be surprised to see Teresa wearing blue Friday night.

And there is NO WAY Laura Bush has anything in common with Teresa other than both will have belonged to the First Ladies Club after Nov. 2.

[WindRavenX]

8. um...wtf?

Is this REALLY that important?
Is Laura that..that shallow?

[aquart]

9. Yes. How else could she live with George?

[Lizzie Borden]

83. Of course she is.

She's Mrs. Stepford.

[crossroads]

10. Teresa just might wear blue for the challenge!

She has a mind of her own and is a lot sexier than a Stepford is in whatever she wears IMO!
:dem:

[DeepModem Mom]

13. Blue CHANEL, of course!

[MissMarple]

64. NAVY blue chanel.

:D

[trogdor]

73. Nah.

Nancy Reagan RED.

[demoman123]

11. I like it when the candidates pose with their wives and kids.

This is to show that their peckers work.

[venus]

16. That's a hilarious take but

I hope Mrs. Kerry doesn't wear blue. I think she'd look good in pink myself. Also Pickles may just be lying about her planned attire and Theresa would would look like she was taken for a ride; you know showing her independent streak. More fodder for the media. What a lame statement.

[demnan]

28. Exactly

But first ladies should keep their mouths shut when their brains don't work.

[mimitabby]

39. no deary, past tense

they worked 20 + YEARS ago.
doesn't prove they still work.

[Virginian]

61. Alcoholl tends to kill "it" early in life.

I think Bush found religion when he mistook impotence for virtue.

[mimitabby]

62. lol hilarious!

[freeplessinseattle]

12. how lame! If I was Theresa I'd wear baby blue or navy blue

just to yank her chain.

[knitter4democracy]

34. Yeah!

Especially since Laura tends to wear royal blue, and Teresa looks really good in a toned down color, like a softer greyish blue.

Jeez, can you tell I deal with colors every day? :eyes:

[FredScuttle]

14. Oh ferchrisssakes

shut the fuck up you Stepford fembot enabler. Go look after your fucked up kids for a change.

Oh, and those who think we should be "civil" to the soon-to-be-ex-First Lady? Kiss my ass...two times!

[Lisa]

15. so, why is Laura wearing Democrat colors?

She actually was a Democrat, once. Maybe she's sending her Georgie a message?

[Amigust]

80. She wants to match AWOL's necktie.

eom

[flordehinojos]

17. Just for that Teresa Kerry ought to wear BLUE!

[saracat]

20. Like Ms. Frumpy has the right to dress anyone else with her taste. Teresa

should wear her Reagan red suit and piss off the GOP!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

22. Yes, Teresa looks great in red

Mrs. Kerry, leave the tepid pastel pantsuits to Laura - no matter what she wears, she looks dowdy anyway - and pull some power color out of the closet.

[Mad_Dem_X]

48. Yes, she should wear something bright

Nothing wussy. Red would the best choice.

[MADem]

50. Actually

...though I think Laura is a little vapid, I think she looks fine. She isn't President, and--showing how desperate our situation is--we would be BETTER OFF as a nation if she was running the show.

She looks a helluva lot better than weewee, and she certainly looks a lot better than she did when she was in TX. She used to wear these tight pinched jackets with the flare at the bottom and pencil skirts. When she got to the WH she started wearing a Hillary Clinton collection of smart pantsuits...if you look at what she wears, it's the same stuff HC wore.

If you look through the long lens of history, at First Lady fashion, you will see that Hillary changed completely the way a First Lady dresses. No one has yet to give Hill credit for this, but it is an undisputable fact. And future First Ladies have her to thank for not having to worry about flashing an unintended view while sitting on a high stage or climbing in or out of Marine 1.

[Gemini Cat]

21. WARNING! The stepford sofa is wearing blue for Friday.

*GAG* I'll bet it will be a horrid shade of powder puke blue, complete with the blood stains from her half witted husband's war. Oh, and it will be two sizes too small.

[BensMom]

96. Ha!

Stepford sofa with the medicated smile.

[MaineDem]

23. But will Laura be wearing a tablecloth?

Oh I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't talk about what she wears. I know it's not important. I just can't help myself! I think Laura looks like an idiot when she tries to wear a wrap/scarf/shawl. Teresa pulls it off so much better!

[Thor_MN]

29. Tablecloth??? It will be a clearance Wal-Mart slip cover!!!

[TomClash]

24. That's it.

Teresa will just have to go out today and get a $10,000 suit for Friday's debate.

[0007]

26. "Its all over now Baby Blue" Remember that song by Bob Dylan?

How fitting for Teresa to throw those words of Bobby's back at Laura while tell her to "Shove It"!!

You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last.
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast.
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun,
Crying like a fire in the sun.
Look out the saints are comin' through
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense.
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets.
This sky, too, is folding under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home.
All your reindeer armies, are all going home.
The lover who just walked out your door
Has taken all his blankets from the floor.
The carpet, too, is moving under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you.
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
Strike another match, go start anew
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

Jays'us how fucking fitting, 'eh?

[demokatgurrl]

41. One of my fave songs, thanks for posting it! And it is fitting. n/t

[0007]

76. One of mine also!

[Kolesar]

27. Teresa Heinz Kerry to Mrs. Bush: "put on fatigues...

...and start packing" :nopity:

[hyphenate]

30. Eh!

This is a fluff piece. The media tends to pick up every single little thing and blow it out of proportion. The comment was made in jest--perhaps Laura takes herself a little more lightly than her wicked, wicked husband.

[Bridget Burke]

31. I fear for the curtains in the Blue Room.

Be sure to check Pickles' outfit for telltale golden trim.

[Tight_rope]

32. I know the bitch who wears window curtains is not talking shit!

Laura the boyfriend killer has absolutely no class and wants to dog someone about what they were....phuhlezzzzzzzzzzzz.

[lostnfound]

35. How childish. nt

[booksenkatz]

36. Lord, she's gonna wear that horrid thing she wore to

church last week. Plain boring-ass blue pants suit. IN CHURCH. Ick. I hope that Theresa wears blue just to get under Dime-Bag's skin.

[DoYouEverWonder]

37. Theresa should show up wearing blue

from head to toe.

[Neecy]

38. I'm glad I missed this

Leno is such an ass - when Pickled mentioned Bunnypants and his facial expressions during the debate, Leno responded, ``When you don't have botox, you can actually move your face.''

What a tool. I'm glad I stopped watching him after he pimped shamelessly for an idiot as governor of California (who, by the way, looks SERIOUSLY botoxed).

[demokatgurrl]

40. Catty woman chiming in...

My view: Laura Bush KNOWS Teresa wears white suits a LOT, particularly in public appearances. She wore white on purpose.

I think Teresa should go for red, she looks smashing in red.

[athena]

79. I thought maybe he was poking fun at Laura for her botox-frozen face.

She did look a bit taken aback.

[leesa]

42. This woman is so petty and foolish

[Kierkegaard]

43. What a f@#king dim bulb.

We have soldiers dying in Iraq for a complete fairy tale spun by this vacuous school marm's husband and all she has to say is 'we wear the same color suits???'

Earth to dipshit: START PACKING!!!!

[tabasco]

44. Did she ever give back Chirac's curtains?

She was wearing them one day over in Paris.

[progressivebydesign]

45. It actually WAS funny last time, they were wearing almost the same suit..

They both had on white suits, almost identical, at the last debate. I was laughing because I saw Teresa look at Laura's suit, and chuckle a bit.. then walked over to her and immediately made a reference to the fact they were both wearing the same suit.. and was laughing (in a nice way).

I do wish I was giving campaign fashion advice to Teresa. Instead of the white suit, which really doesn't look great on anyone, she'd be very compelling in a soft knit suit, in colors of black and deep brown. Black skirt, chestnut brown shell, and a soft, but thin knit no-button cardigan over it.. with a great pearl and gold modest, but subtantial necklace... Her hair and skin would absolutely glow.. and she would look accessible, and stylish. Very classy, non-typical political spouse blue/red/white dumpy suit that they all seem to wear. Hillary Clinton sometimes wears yellow suits, etc., which are a step in the right direction. But.. I don't know who tells those poor women in politics to dress like bank employees, but Teresa has such great sytle, she should show it off.

[2Design]

46. teresa looked good in the red at the convention

[progressivebydesign]

That's a good color for her! Red. I remember that!!

I just wish they'd steer her away from those bulky suits.. that's not how she'd normally dress. Women don't usually wear suits like that.. jacket buttoned up to the neck.. no real adornments. Women wear suits with shirts or tanks under them, with the jacket open. Then a nice scarf or good sized necklace, and interesting shoes. The button up, bulky suits are just awful on women.

[progressivebydesign]

70. That's a good color for her! Red. I remember that!!

I just wish they'd steer her away from those bulky suits.. that's not how she'd normally dress. Women don't usually wear suits like that.. jacket buttoned up to the neck.. no real adornments. Women wear suits with shirts or tanks under them, with the jacket open. Then a nice scarf or good sized necklace, and interesting shoes. The button up, bulky suits are just awful on women.

[Blue_Roses]

47. I think it's funny and I like the way Laura is trying to lighten

things up. She's right--they do have alot more in common that she can PUBLICLY admit. Laura was a Democrat before marrying Bush. I'm sure she bites her tongue alot--in fact I know she does from her interview with Babs Walters.

Laura's alright--lighten up--she's not the one running for president. Good humor is what we need ....

[mainer]

53. that' my reaction too. Lighten up, folks!

Her remarks are all in fun, after that weird fashion moment when both women showed up onstage in white. And I'm sure Teresa took it in the lighthearted way it was meant.

[sal]

55. She's fun until you hide her reefer.

Don't f-ck with the girl's KB, yo.

[ronnykmarshall]

78. No kiddin'!!

I can't believe people are gettin' all mad about this.

[saracat]

66. Wile she was a Dem. I have zero respect for any woman who sacrifices

her principles for her husband. Lighten up? After what she said about stem cell research? I don't think so .She deserves what she gets. For the record, I don't respect Maria Shriver either!

[philosophie_en_rose]

51. Laura can have "Barbara Bush" blue.

Barbara Bush wore those hideous Walmart Blue sacks on a consistent basis. Laura Bush has the same fashion sense. If Teresa Heinz Kerry wants to wear blue, we can all be assured that it won't be the same color as Mrs. Bush.

:)

[jburton]

52. Theresa should wear an orange safety vest

Just in case Laura is driving a car nearby...

[bunkerbuster1]

68. ding ding ding ding ding

we have a winner.

[Forkboy]

54. Love the Invader Zim sigline!!!

that show is so freaking funny :)

[Zero Gravitas]

56. Get Lost laura

soon you will be back in Texas (or Epsilon prime VII or where ever it is you come from) for good.

[Ducks In A Row]

57. Teresa should definitely wear blue, an electric blue

Laura can go cheney herself.

[dryan]

58. Dear Laura....

This is not Britain when ladies cannot wear the same color that the Queen wears when they are attending an event where she is present.

[Maple]

60. Women often do

wear the same color the Queen does.

The Queen is indifferent to what other women wear.

So are most women today

This is sooooo 50s

[TheDonkey]

69. Heinz-Kerry would slap that tramp up if locked in a room with her

or at least tell her how she really feels.

I love THK!!

[GingerSnaps]

71. Why do I think that Teresa doesn't take suggestions from anyone but

Herself!

[AspenRose]

72. Teresa to Mrs. Bush: "Shove it"

OK, so she probably wouldn't say that...

I bet she *thought* it, though }(

[Seabiscuit]

75. Seabiscuit to Pickles: GO CHENEY YOURSELF!

:spank:

[flaminbats]

77. Is she just lying..or giving a command?

http://www.GWBush04.com

[barb162]

81. the way Laura B. dresses, she shouldn't tell anyone what to wear

[Malva Zebrina]

82. anyubody who thinks Laura Bush is a sweet, innocent lady

is not doing her justice.

She is basically as mean as her MIL, who probably coached her over the years in the intricacies of bitchiness.

Do not forget that Laura has been campaigning for her worthless husband since she married him.

She is like a brown recluse spider and is well aware of nuance and bitchy enough to use it to make her sarcastic point.


She essentially is blaming Teresa for the copycat outfit--when it could have very well been Laura who found out what Teresa was going to wear and decided to pre-empt her. Nancy Reagan did the same thing--I specifically remember a fight between her and Raisa Gorbachov over who was going to wear what and which would outdo the other.

Laura is well aware of what she was implying.

She will probably wear some ugly blue upholstry outfit, complete with gaudy buttons or bows and think she looks like one of her two twenty year old daughters. I hope she does buy a decent bra to lilft the sag at the waist, and puts on the pancake makeup three inches thick.

Teresa is ten years older than the waxed up and stiff Laura and looks far more approachable, warm and human.

[IconoclastIlene]

85. She committed manslaughter at 17; and her husband is doing

the slaughtering of people all over the middle east, in retribution for 9/11 just to make us all safe for democracy?

She is no sweet librarian to me if she married a cow pie like George.

[Amigust]

94. AWOL's body count will far exceed Pol Pot's

after you count

1) his wars

2) his refusal to fund the UN Population Fund for three consecutive years

3) his prohibitions against affordable AIDS generics in trade agreements with underdeveloped countries (over 3 million here alone)

4) his abstinence-only, anti-condom war in sex education programs, AIDS service programs, and reproductive health programs

5) his war against stem cell research, thus impeding the development of lifesaving treatments

6) his economic and commerce policies that have thrown more people into poverty and increased the number of uninsured


What will be the final death toll attributable to this monster?


The number of dead will probably abundantly exceed the 3 million entailed in #3 alone.

Pol Pot slaughtered only 1 million.

Pol Pot was direct and crude. Bush is indirect and finessed -- and logarithmically more effective.

[TrogL]

84. Let's hope she's wearing cyan

It'll screw up the TV camera and she'll be invisible. That's how they do the "bluescreen" effect.

[Lorien]

86. 85 posts to this NOTHING story???!!!

Insane. Just insane. Any thread that encourages activism drops like a stone, while this petty crap lives on and on.

Is it any wonder we're neck and neck with the corrupt but VERY well organized and active GOP?

[MaryBear]

88. Make that 88 and growing, Jen6.

Maybe part of our problem on DU (if we have one)is that we nit pick each other, instead of starting an interesting thread ourselves.

[anarchy1999]

95. Jen6, please see post #74 and 92. I can't believe K started this.

n/t

[Politicub]

87. Pardon me, pickles

But please do go and f--k yourself.

:puke:

[tuvor]

89. If she's that concerned, maybe she should sit this one out

and get a head start on packing her bags.

[NVMojo]

90. this is so fucking petty when

we have soldiers dying for her husband's invasion of lies and we are murdering innocent people in Iraq to make her stupid husband feel like a man.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

91. Who the hell cares what color they wear?

Laura, you're such a bimbo.

[Name removed]

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[Bridget Burke]

97. You cared enough to post!

No levity allowed.

[Swamp Rat]

99. "Don't Wear Blue" said the Smurf to the human...

Laura Bush is on acid.

[ScreamingMeemie]

101. Mrs Heinz-Kerry to Mrs Bush...."Shove It..."

:hi:

[Moderator]

102. Locking

If anyone wishes to continue this discussion, try posting in the Lounge.

Thank you